[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [The Recognition of Śakuntalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 6.23a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.23a5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.23a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.23a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.23a5) rājā dhin mām upasthitaśreyo 'vamāninam / > King. Alas! I despised the happiness that offered itself to me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.23) - [Next: 6.23a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.23a6) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.214) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p325) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p200) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.23a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.23a5) · Pramāṇa